Scale from -10 as the absolute bottom of hellfire, to 10 in serene bliss and happyness to how nice you consider your life to be.

Also tell the reason why it is so. Its not a showoff thread im just genuinely interested into how happy/miserable everyone is,and what is causing your demise,or happyness.
8/10
im happy with the way things are but there are still certain things i wish to achieve move out, get a gf, learn to cook, start working out theres still lots to do but im kinda on top of the world at the moment so i think il just enjoy that

8/10

My life is awesome, I just know there are a few more things I want/need before I’m at a 10.
4/10. I’m 22, which in itself will cause happiness to decrease since the 20’s are a rough age. Scraping by with bills, going to school full time and working every saturday and sunday from 10-7. School has no end in sight, and I’m just very worried about my financial future.
7/10, 24, live in a beautiful location in my own house, have a loving girlfriend, plenty of money and toys and a solid career. Don’t really know what else you could honestly expect at 24
I’m going to go with a 2. I just went from having the next few years of my life planned out (and being happy with those plans) to regretting the last month of my life and not looking forward to anything at all.
I’m in the negative for sure.

Basically everything about my life sucks.
0/10. I am at a job I hate, I hate the people I work with. My boyfriend lives 8 hours away. I need to work out more.
There is more but I wont go on. It is probably not much compared to some others, but its how it makes me feel.
Im moving to be with my bf in 1.5 months so I am hoping alot of things change then.
9/10 I guess after everything that’s hapened, so far im the happiest one here. the only thing stopping me from being a ten is the ex, if he went away or mellowed out a bit I would definetly be a 10 right now.
I’m in the negative right now. I was recently laid-off of my job and having a lot of trouble finding a new one. I don’t have a car so that really makes finding a new job hard. I hate living at home (I’m 20 years old) because I haven’t gotten along with my mom in 12 years. I don’t know if I am making the right choices about a major in school. I still have 2.5 years of school left. Those 2.5 more years means more debt/loans. I have to live on campus in a dorm and I don’t really want to live with roommates anymore. My boyfriend is possibly leaving to train to be a cop and that means we would have a long distance relationship for a second time since we’ve started dating. (I’m not worried about cheating or anything, I will just really miss him and it may last up to a year)
I just feel like I fail at life right now. But I’m not at a -10 because I really love my boyfriend and he tries really had to help distract me and make my happier.
-8. I’m not doing well at all right now. In any aspect of my life. It’s getting bad.
-10 , I fucking hate my life.

Nothing has ever seemed to go right for me, I make mistake after mistake & never seem to get anywhere.

Hell the only reason i even get up anymore (other then that im supposed to right?) is theres a girl I’m interested in. I think if that goes belly up I’m done.
that scale is way too big. i think 0-10 would’ve sufficed.
5/10, I’m disappointed in myself for making poor choices, but I’m still alive, breathing, and financially well.
I can honestly say my life is 10…

read my first and last post on there, it will make sense
6/10

Everything seems to be very much ‘in the middle’ for me right now, so I guess it makes sense that this is no exception. I’m not unhappy by any means, but I’m not exactly overjoyed, either. I just don’t really know where I am, or where I’ll be going in the immediate future, hence the feeling of being in the middle, and it’s kind of unsettling and stressful. For the last four years, I’ve been lucky enough to travel the world and play a sport that I love (the last 1.5 - 2 years I played on the pro level), so of course I can hardly complain about that, but it was tough to leave home at a young age (even though it helped me learn more about myself and the world than I ever could have otherwise) and the up and down twists and turns my ‘career’ was taking (I’ve been very, very disappointed in my performances on the pro level, I’ve got mental strength/pressure issues to deal with) took a huge toll on me mentally, causing a lot of stress. I also have some confidence issues that I struggle to deal with at times. The good news it that I may have a chance to play this sport for a very big school in the US, but the bad news is that I don’t know if it’s going to happen. I’ll know for sure in the next few weeks, but I’ve never been more nervous about anything in my life, and the stress and waiting are literally killing me.

Basically, based on the outcome of the school thing, my life will take one of two paths: I continue to play my sport in college, and get an education, or (if I don’t get in), I quit my sport and either go to school at home right away, or take yet another year off to work and figure out what I want to do and THEN go to school. Like I said, not knowing where I’m going to be 3-4 months from now is taking it’s toll on me. It doesn’t help that I’m not sure what I want to study in school (I have a rough idea, but like most people I’m just not entirely sure), though when I find myself thinking about that I often tell myself not to get ahead of the horse, because I’m not technically IN at any schools yet. I feel like there are many, many interesting things I can do with my life, but I’m having a hard time settling on something. I guess I’m afraid that I’ll make a poor choice and end up unhappy, or perhaps miss out on doing something that I would have truly loved, or that may have been my ‘true calling’, if you believe in that kind of stuff.

My personal life isn’t bad; I’m lucky enough to have an awesome relationship with my parents, always have. I have a pretty good number of friends (and a LOT of acquaintances/random people that seem to remember me) and I’m pretty popular/well-liked (I don’t really understand why, but that’s the confidence thing again). The time I spent traveling really helped me learn a lot about meeting new people and making friends fast, so I guess that helps. I’m pretty outgoing (though I don’t go out that much), although (again, confidence issue) I sometimes find it hard to really feel natural when I’m socializing (though that one is on-and-off), and I have mountains upon fucking mountains of issues when it comes to talking to girls. For example, I just met/went out with a girl last week, we really hit it off and I like her, but now I have no clue where to go from there.

That’s about it, I guess. It’s that feeling of instability, of not knowing, and, now that I think of it, the fear of making a bad choice, or screwing up my life (since the whole ‘go to school and figure out what you’re going to do in life’ phase is supposedly pretty important) is what’s getting me down right now.

Yeah, that turned out a lot longer than I hoped it would, but I needed to vent, sorry.
I picked 0.

I’m not happy, I’m not sad so I guess that’s in the middle somewhere.
Ask me this question last month and I would say a 5-6/10, but since then things have gotten much better, I would say 8/10 and climbing!

Things are actually going right in school for once, living with a good friend for the summer, landed a great job for the summer, got an awesome GF, turning 21 soon, and I am in great physical shape.
I’d say 7.5, but for the sake of the poll, I’ll say 7. I LOVE life. I love my friends and my family and having my own place in the city. My boyfriend is fantastic and we’re about to celebrate our 5th anniversary. I have fun at my job and I have a very flexible schedule. Overall, I’m very happy.

But I do have things I need to get straight- I’ve got to figure out what I’m going to do about this eating disorder. I have a few other emotional things to take care of too. I have a shit ton of student loans and 6 years left in school. I love my job, but I’m getting burned out and ready to find something more professional, plus money has been super tight in the past year. I have a really weird relationship with my mom that desperately needs repaired, but I think that trying to delve into that would cause more harm than good. I miss my family and friends who still live in the city I grew up in, but it makes no sense to move back. Other than that though, I’m cruising.

btw, Dark- After seeing your av forever, the SO and I started watching Aria this past weekend. I super love it so far
I have to say I’m 5/10

I’m 22, looking to move out into my own apartment.

I finally got a job that I enjoy, a car and cell phone in my name over the past month. I feel like I’ve accomplished more in the past month than I did in the past 8 months.

I am thrilled to be moving out as I hate my living situation now.. People always in my way, my mom teaches piano out of the house so I can never sleep long enough on weekends… I am happy that I can finally start pursuing things in my life.

The only thing stopping me is a problem with one of my classes that I hope I get a credit for… Going to talk to the dean on Tuesday. I also haven’t had a GF yet but I hope I will be busy enough in the next month not to dwell on it too much.
on a scale of -10/10, I’ll say 7. My car needs fixing, I loathe my belly fat, and I have issues with giving affection/being intimate.

But my grades are top, I’m starting the professional phase of my program, and the important things in life are all good.
7/10
Can’t seem to make enough for where i want to be in life. IE: i’d like to move into my own single family home in a bit, pay of some bills, etcetc

Dating is good, i can’t complain too much about the status of my relationshiop

Overall im pretty content with how things are, i just wish i had enough cash to do all of the things i wanted to do
I gave myself a 6 because I’m making pretty good money, love my current job, I’m respected in my industry, and managed to grasp some authority. I have a cool car that will soon have a super-bad-ass motor, I have a cool apartment with cool furniture, and most importantly, if I can manage to fine tune my skills with women, I’m going to kill.

The only bad stuff in my life are my student loans which are payable, and I’m learning how to be successful with women.
I gave myself a 7/10.

Good stuff: I’m starting to get better at handling all of this baby mama drama, my grades in college are all good, I’m meeting a lot of cool people at my new job, and I’m in the best shape of my life and still improving.

Bad stuff: I’m an acute procrastinator which is why my grass is 2 feet high and my house is a disaster. I haven’t opened my mail in over 3 months because I don’t want to see all of the bills. After having to miss two weeks of work, I’m way behind in my bills. My dogs constantly get out of the yard and the only way to solve the problem is to put them on a chain or in a cage — which I am against doing.

After an awkward breakup with a baby mama that I was with for over a year, I’m slowly (but surely) feeling better and better. She is still in love with me (and lives with my Mom) which is what makes it so weird.
-8/10

when your first thoughts as you wake up are "fuck i’m still here" i consider that pretty low. -10/10 will be when i’m not gonna be waking up
5/10

i have my bad days, i have my BAD BAD days, but there is always a light to keep me going, having seen that things can and do get better with time and work and hope, I’m content to plug along with my existance for now.

I hate my job. I’m wasting my talents and skills here but untill i have my degree it’s what i can get. it’s better than many, has awesome benfits, i have job security and my retirement package is growing so Even if i leave tomorrow i’ll be going with a little in my pocket every month.

I’m Almost done with school. I’m unhappy with myself for taking so long, but the process has been a great one to teach me what my weaknesses are and that I shouldn’t be too proud to ask for/take help. No shame in getting a helping hand every once in a while.

I’m fat again, that’s a major part of my discord right now. I got depressed, stressed and busy and let my body slip back to it’s previous grandure . I feel like i should be at the peak. at 25 a woman is supposed to be at her best and i’m almost at my worst. I’m working on it but 2 jobs and school and a private business = no time for this panda to go crazy in the gym/I have too many excuses to make myself make the time.

I have my best friend and love of my life with me in our home, going on one year of having the house together. The happiest parts of my days are when i can wake up to him and go home to him. The home is something i can do right and try ti keep well and ahppy for the both of us. So in that sense life is great and i cannot ask for more in that regard.

I’m not happy happy, but i’m ok, and that’s more than i should ever really hope for from the world. When my mother died i thought love had died with her, that home had died with her, that part of what i thought would define me for the rest of my life was changed and would never return. i don’t think anyone can feel the same happiness fromteh life before, after that kind of loss, so i’m content with the happiness i have made for myself so far.
I voted 6 out of ten. Happy enough to be glad that I’m alive, but knowing on the inside that there are things missing that would help me alot - a social life, a place where the weather doesn’t suck royally 8 months out of the year, the real affection that I crave, and less overall stress due to health concerns and traffic congestion caused by endless construction. Who wants to live in a place where the road is always torn up and vacant, rundown buildings, trashy medians, and huge cranes everywhere you look?
I put 9/10. The only other thing I need to have a 10/10 is our house to be finished.

I’m 21 and further ahead in life than I ever thought I would be. I’m married to the amazing man I’ve been with for over 3 years. I have an awesome job at an environmental chemistry lab making good money, with unlimited overtime. We have 5 cars and a boat. Two great cats. We are having a 1600 sq ft brick ranch built. We have the money for the things we want.

The one major downside in life right now is living with my in-laws. It stresses me out being here. Yeah, we’ve saved some money for the house, but I also generally avoid everyone here except the husband. So once that house is finished and we’re in it - life will be great. I cant wait for my own kitchen, no one asking a million questions when I get home, and for it to just be us and our cats in a new house.
I’m right in the middle of those negative ratings. And I say that simply because I think the worst is yet to come for me, so no -10. And I think that it may come soon.

Right now, I just feel awful everyday. I don’t like a lot of things about me and my life and I feel that I am unable or am just too lazy to change or even try to change.

I have a few friends, but none that I could really connect with or that I am close to. I have really big problems in school due to my own laziness. I have some issues with my family as well and I have a number of health problems.

I just try to constantly find distractions so I could get my mind off of these, and so I could also keep myself from thinking too much (which really messes me up).

Pretty much detached from almost everyone. And somewhat in despair.
7/10

I have a great husband, what’s left of my immediate family is great. Decent house, cars, living necessities etc. Small business that’s growing.

But people in general suck and piss me off. Especially during the work day. See my just venting thread somewhere in here, it relates to certain coworkers.

Another thing that pisses me off lately is when I try to share something creative I ahve done - i.e. photography or art project, instead of getting feedback, all I get is "my my someone has time on their hands." WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT ALL ABOUT??? Am I not supposed to have hobbies or do somethign I enjoy in my time off? Jesus I guess at 33 years old life is supposed to end and there’s no enjoyment left to look forward to?? It’s not my fault other people unindate themselves with shit on the weekends that prevent them from doing things they enjoy. But, alas, no other place pays anywhere close to what I am making now

Hey,

That is some bullshit right there.

We have a HUGE intellectual surplus, which at present we simply devote to cheap entertainment.

I can’t say it better than this guy did, but hopefully within the following quotation you will find an eloquent retort to people who ask you that ridiculous question.

This actually turns you into the ideological hero in a 50 year old story about a few villains (TV producers) and a bunch of losers (TV consumers).

Next time someone asks where you get the time, tell them the time was originally taken from you by a culture of mindless entertainment, but you recovered it and hope other people can experience the same cognitive benefits you have had by making this decision.

Thank you!

Yeah it’s funny, people look at me like I fell off a turnip truck because I don’t watch tv. My husband and I both chose to quit watching tv because 1. it robs us of valuable time that could spent doing more constructive things and 2. we just have so much going on already that we don’t have the time for it, even if we wanted to. That is of our choosing.

The last time I showed off some photography we had done on a weekend, I got the "time on your hands" comments from several folks, followed by the "I wish I had enough time to…" But the greatest irony is, those same folks are at the water cooler every morning ing about last night’s episode of American Idol or whatever other mainstream show they’re hooked on. From what I hear it sounds like they spend most of their free time in front of a tv, thus, the chores pile up, and further, no time for whatever hobbies they might like to have. I don’t judge them by how much time they spend on the tube, that’s their business. But I don’t appreciate them pissing in my Cheerios because I enjoy other activities that I feel are more worthy of my time.
Smile. Then tell them, "It’s more about motivation than time." Then smile.

Oooh sizzle…I think I’ll do that

You rock!
JJJ- that’s awesome!!

Where’d you find the quote by the way?
-1.. mainly because i dont have a gf which makes me feel empty and inferior that i’ve failed at such a basic part of human existance - it makes it difficult to relate to other people that aren’t losers. a lot of people here have someone and still have problems on top of that and im not even there yet
I put 4. There is a lot to be grateful for in my life, and I have a lot of opportunities. The 4 comes as a result of long term suffering and health problems, but I’m working on them and I will recover, I believe that.
I have to say -8.

Im stuck in the same pattern all the time and i dont know how to get out of it. I did something in the past that has pretty much fucked me and my family over and they hate me for it ( my sisters ) and i miss them like crazy.

I wake up with positive thoughts such as im going to get a job, sort my shit out and prove to my family that im getting better and im not a fuck up but then when i go to do it, I freak out and keep thinking that im going to fail because im not good at anything.

I was a -10 a while ago. I was always thinking about suicide and even drove to a near by bridge. The only thing that stopped me was I started thinking about my mother and brother and how much it will fuck them up if i killed my self.

Thats the only thing that stops me when i’m really close to topping myself. I dont know if its a good thing or not, but i guess im still around..

I thought you were going to ask, where’d you find the time? lmao. I kid. It is awesome JJJ.

I’d put me in 5-6-7-8 depends how happy I wanna be.
A 9.
I am married to the sexist man alive as well as a man who is loving, respectful and kind. A man who listens to me and adores the floor I walk on.
I have three gorgeous children who are all fit and healthy.
We have our own home in a nice neighbourhood and we, as a family, don’t just get along because we have to, but because we like each other.
10.
Even though before my life was going no where and all I could seem to do was dig myself a deeper hole I learned from all those mistakes. I see that the way to the top is through my effort and wisdom (by trial and error). I appreciate every joy and hardship because I learn how to become stronger and it keeps my momentum strong. Through my knowledge I know all the right things to eat to keep myself energetic and happy. I work out regularly because my body has no limit to its capacity. I read every and anything because it’s nice to remember there is a world outside of these four walls. Best of all, I don’t fear the future because I know I have what it takes to overcome any situation and make the best of life.
probably like a 3

About to graduate school in december, doing an internship that I kind of suck at right now, but I suck at a lot of things so nothing new there.

I just kind of live life right now with this blah mindframe and I am just eeking on by.
I have no idea how to score my happiness. I am in constant pursuit of improvement and feel like that is just my nature. I don’t think i can ever be a 10 or 9 because of this.

In contrast, the friends i admire most are ones that don’t have those cares. They really enjoy their life at its surface and never complicate things. This wouldn’t even be much of a thought to them. Seems like they will always be one happiness point ahead of me
10/10, and all because I took a chance I logically shouldn’t have. I posted a thread about it in here, but deleted it around a day after, since it was mostly just me venting - I had pretty much made up my mind to do it already, but a handful of you guys agreed that I should take the shot, even if it was extremely unlikely things would work out.

Well, so far, they are, and while there are still some issues to be worked out, and some plans made about how we’re going to proceed, but I’m happier now than I ever have been, and I’m 100% confident those things will be resolved, or are already being resolved… so much so I can’t even really claim that they bring me down, or make me any less happy.
-9 here. Every time I think things are going to be ok, or maybe get a little better, something else comes along and streamrolls my life.
3/10

unrewarding career, bad shit always comes my way
-1. My two closest friends stabbed me in the back, my boyfriend doesn’t trust me and thinks I’m crazy, my mom is always disappointed in me, I’m not happy with what I’m doing with my life, I’m never satisfied with myself, and I’m on anti-depressants and in counseling, plus my dad died when I was ten.

I voted 6.

A year ago, I dropped out of university and landed myself my first fulltime job. At university I had dozens of friends, people I hung out with everyday. When I left, I was essentially abandonned and left with very, very few friends and a pretty much no social life. I had little money and was in silly amounts of student debt. I wasn’t the fittest (uni-party lifestyle), I was lazy and unmotivated and my wardrobe sucked ass because my ��� was being spent on partying. My love life? Let’s not go there.

Anyway, in the past year I’ve slowly turned things around. I live in a kick ass house, I got myself back into the gym (hardcore), I have two jobs (more money = better wardrobe, better social life, less debt, less worries) and have found my social life again (mainly thanks to my second job). My confidence is higher than ever,I feel better than ever. My love life is still a bit grim (i’ve had two relationships in the past year), but I’ve had maybe 5 one night stands and as great as the sex is at the time, I ultimately find it unfulfilling.

My friends are the exact kind that I’ve always wanted - go-getters. If they say they’ll do something, they’ll do it, instead of hmmm-ing and ha-ing and then finally, letting me down. They don’t laze about, just existing… they’re out mountain biking, hiking, gyming it, achieving something.

In 5 weeks we’re going backpacking around Europe for 3 weeks.

The reason I’ve chosen a 6 (though in recounting all I have in this post, a 7 may be more suitable!) is because I do have to work two jobs to live the kind of life I want to live. My full-time job pays good money, but isn’t were I want to be my whole life… Hmm, I’m still in debt too, but it’s not as pressing an issue as it once was (it literally ruined my life for 6 months of last year).
I put -5, i’m plain miserable…

I moved to a new town over a year ago for a job, I’m still at that job, but its been the worst mistake of my life…..its made my life hell, its ruined my health, my relationship(which already wasn’t that great), my credit, and so on….I’ve isolated myself from friends and family, and to top it all off, Lexapro has helped, but to be honest, its not helping that much now. Th one shining light about my life is my little girl who is 18 months old…thats about it. I have a house I can barely afford, I’m not really in love with my fiance, I hate her dog, i’m mad about what i’ve been made to give up to be with her, she is addicted to pain pills, and doesn’t care that the $9.00 we have in our checking account is because I had to go out and buy 170 dollars worth of pills illegally for her because she can’t take care of our daughter while i’m away working 2 jobs if she doesn’t have them. to top it all off i’ve contemplated cheating on her because the love I get from her is non existent these days..since to her she could care less about it….and I get fussed at for having an attitude sometimes

feel free to ask more…its long and complicated.
I chose 7. Over all I AM quite happy with my life. There are things that I need or want changed, but they arent taking away from the overall joy. I am loved by my family, who are happy and healthy and that is what success is to me.

Sure I have issues, i have depression and bipolar, but I am a believer that these are physiological, and acknowledging them and getting help for them is a start to recovery. It doesnt take away from my overall happiness with my life and what I have achieved so far.
7/10….I am pretty happy with my life right now. It has been very busy, but I have been enjoying time with the love of my life and growing closer to him everyday, spending time with our 4 kid’s and becoming a real family. Together we are providing the type of loving and stable home that we never had growing up. It has been the greatest joy to me watching my children grow happier and healthier…both mentally and physically.
-4/10 For one thing I’m overweight now (though I don’t really look it), was ~6′1/170 for 3 years but then I was intimidated into taking psychiatric drugs in a hospital. Also it’s been a while since I’ve taken a 15-20 mile hike (or even 10) which I did pretty often before and which to some extent lessened my unhappiness about being injured by my chiropractor. Also it’s been a few months since I had the concentration or interest to read a novel.
3, with 0 what I consider to be just existing so I’m a step above that. I suck at job searching and don’t seem to be having much luck. Looks like I might end up as a prison guard at my rate. I have health problems that are on the fence, probable surgery in the future. I could go on but that’s enough detail for this purpose.
I voted 0..
Problem is, that kinda makes me depressed.

Good things;
- Good friends (although confusing)
- New Apartment
- Cool stuff

Bad things;
- No girlfriend
- unsatisfying sex life
- weight problem
- hate working
- hate not working
- feel empty

And prob a bunch of other things.

Maybe my score should be lower than 0?
All I do is gaming and play guitar, not that it’s not something that interests me, but I’d love to actually have some sort of life other than that.

I’ve always been a big guy but during junior high I started gaining weight. I’ve always been teased about me being fat even though I wasn’t but for some reason during Junior high I started eating and spending most of my time in front of the computer.

Maybe I should just make a new topic for this shit

ditto to everything you just said except being in top of the world haha
I’d say about a 3….after probably being a -10 a few weeks ago that’s actually not shabby.

I’m not great but I definitely think I’m starting to see a bit of a light at the end of the tunnel.
love job, love SO, have no financial woes, no school/training woes. confident and have the next couple years planned out.
-2/10

Things aren’t terrible, but I suck at girls, I’m a bit overweight, and I’m broke as fuck and I still owe my parents $500.
8/10. Love my job, good income, good friends, good family. Sure there are some down times but they just make the good times all that much sweeter.

I’ve done my 5 years of uni, I’m in an industry I enjoy and I’m moving up the ladder so very quickly. 6 months out of uni and working as a team manager and project coordinator on multi million dollar projects.

I have an overseas trip planned.

I’m in a relationship with a girl that loves me.

2 years ago it would have been a -4. But I’ve turned my life around

wow first post im honored
-1 or -2, not sure.

Screwed up after highschool by listening to people who didn’t know me and didn’t understand the IT industry. Now I have wasted 4 years of my life, lost most of my job contacts and the school that I went to put me through so much shit I have become pessimistic and a jackass. I haven’t had a realtionship in 2 years, mostly since I can’t find anyone who would meet my standards and my desire to stay free and not put anyone through the torment of dealing with me and my personality.

I did so much when I was younger now it seems like I haven’t accomplished anything. The only things that keep me going are a couple good friends, my jeep project, a garage full of tools and being a volunteer firefighter.

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sat out on the porch in the sun today with a beer smoking a hookah with my brother and talked about how good we have it today
Negative 9.

The only thing keeping it from negative 10 is that I still have friends around here (here, referring to UCSB, where I only have less than 3 weeks left). And most of them had already left.

I have no job lined up, despite a good (3.5) GPA, and a shitload of interviews. About 80% of the time, they seem to go absolutely perfect, and I still have nothing. It’s kinda pathetic when I’m an accounting major from one of the more well-regarded schools in the area, where the expectation is that one would have a job lined up now, and it’s quite depressing to overhear students in class talking about their offers. As a result, I’ve lost a lot of motivation to take the CPA exam (most of those interviews were for CPA firms), despite how important it is for the profession. In fact, I have practically no motivation whatsoever to find a job. I find the idea that someone looking for a job can be denied one to be extremely pretentious in the first place; but I would rather say that I’m 0-for-10, than to weigh the possibility of having to make that 0-for-11, and so on.

I just had to purchase a new phone, because my old one died. Granted, it’s a relatively nice phone (Moto W755), but my old one served me perfectly fine, and considering my bleak job outlook (read: none), that just takes a cut out of what I have to live off of for the rest of my life.

I’ve got some love handles/belly fat that I’m working on getting rid of. Perhaps when they’re gone, that’ll punch me up a few points on the scale.

I’m tired of reading posts by people who are happy. The world is a bitter, depressing place, and I have no idea what the hell everyone is so fucking happy about. I feel inadequate; as if I wasted many opportunities, or chances to discover new ones.

I have a midterm in two days.

I’m too jealous and/or resentful of others. And I have many moments where I’ve convinced myself that that’s perfectly normal, even though I know it isn’t.

All in all, I pretty much hate life right now, but frankly, never gave too much of a shit about it to begin with. In my darkest hours, I’ve wondered why the hell I’m still here.

EDIT: Make that a -7. I have been making some good progress on the ‘working out / eating better’ front. I’m still pretty fucking miserable though, entirely due to future financial/career uncertainty (of which I tend to think at times if one will even exist).

your outlook is just …wow.
I voted 7. although there is nothing wrong with my life, there just seems to be something missing. and I believe that something will bring me right up to 10.
Probably about a 7, there’s always room for improvement and I have "those" days where I think life is horrible but I think it’s the depression that makes me feel that way. Overall, when I look a life though…I could be doing A LOT worse.
6/10

that’s actually very low compared to how I usually feel. I am in a transitional period in my life which is making me feel extremely anxious. I just ended a 6 year relationship with a great girl who i liked and cared for, but didn’t love. I just graduated from college, and I am moving to another country in a month to fix a family business and start a business of my own. I have never really been away from my family and friends for an extended period of time, so I am a bit anxious about that. Also, the break up with the ex was mutual, yet, after a while I just started feeling extremely lonely. Also, since I am out of school and back in my home town, I am not constantly meeting new girls who are around my age/stage in life so it has been a bit hard to relate to the ones i have been meeting.
8/10

I had a bit of a crappy start to the year, but because I am a cheerful guy by nature I dont let it get to me. But since coming home from college for the summer the year has improved from a 5/10 to its current 8/10.

Cleared my debts, made some money (although it will probably have gone by the time I get back to college for my final year), passed my 2nd year of college with the 2nd highest grade of 5, met two girls, both of whom are totally different (one is 26, the other 19) but whom im having fun with.

Got like 3/4 different groups of people to call up at weekends to do stuff together, so my weekends are never boring. So yeah, its good - plus its always satisfying coming home and seeing where I am going in my life, compared to the people of my age who are either unemployed, working boring jobs, addicted to drugs or in prison, and here I am, a year away from hopefully getting away from all this BS for good
im tempted to click 0, because ive always told myself that:

"happiness is neither a positive nor negative integer, but exactly 0. therefore, the things in my life are not what causes my happiness, nor are the things that i lack a source of unhappiness, but i am happy exactly where i am."

thus, gaining something does not cause me to suddenly declare "ok im finally happy now", nor does losing something cause me to be less happy that i previously was. i loosely believe that this causes things/events of life to be unexpected bonuses of delight, (hopefully) only augmenting the happiness that im supposed to already have, being at 0.

thats been my philosophy of life for years now (i made it up for myself, but im pretty sure its loosely based on some eastern religion or something, i really dont know much about them). i recently went thru a divorce and being laid off my job (within 40 days of each other), and had a pretty hard time maintaining that philosophy for myself, but im pretty well back on track for myself right now.
-1/10

22y/o female, trying to finish school (which is still about 4.5yrs away, I started late), work 40+ hours, pay bills.. Ya, I know thats life and that is not what is completely causing my unhappiness. School in a sense is because I am not to the point where I can qualify for financial aid by myself due to my age. I have to rely on my parents W2 income and my dad doesn’t file taxes b/c he is receiving 100% disability from his time in the Vietnam War and I do not talk to my Mom. So, I am struggling to pay for school (but it will be totally worth it in the end)

I feel like I am at that point in my life where I am able to understand some of the gray areas in my childhood. I don’t know if this makes sense but I am slowly piecing together things that have happened and it is causing me strife. I also feel as though my emotions are festering. My brother passed away almost 3 years ago exactly and honestly, it has yet to hit me completely. I think about him everyday and it makes me sad. I also think I am suffering from anxiety too. Sorry so long, I just needed to vent
Imagine if you had died instead of your brother ,would you like to see him and your family in tears and grievance for many years to come? Of course NOT!!!, you would want them to be happy and live their lives to the fullest, so instead of dying for your brother start living for him! Its important to find out what our weaknesses are, and work vigeriously day and night to improve them. Sometimes life goes so quick that we fall over all kinds of things that we don’t understand when it hits us when we are young, we quickly need to find out what life is about and be even quicker in restoring things that went wrong in our lives. Hold on even tho its hard.

Wow, thank you so much for the inspiration and a new way of looking at things

Still 7, maybe 6 now? Or maybe I went to an 8 and dropped back to 7.

The first few weeks of the program in June were good. I started seeing a girl (not exclusively) who seemed to be really into me, and had other prospects. Got the back window on my car fixed finally. Things were going pretty well.

Then things took a little downswing after the weekend of the 4th. Girl and prospects suddenly became distant, slipping in class timeliness/performance and getting called out on it, starting to stress out about finding a new place after this month. Seems like every so often, good things tend to take a dip. I learned to just ride it out and worry only about what I can control.

I think things are on their way back up now. Got a little more serious/aggressive with my studying/attendance, added an extra 45 minutes to my workout routine, restrung an old guitar, found a place in my department that serves awesome biscuits and gravy. Dunno, can’t complain a whole hell of a lot. Just petty intimacy initiation issues and women stuff. Maybe I should see someone for that, lol

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